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24 alternatives to CSS3 animation

An experiment with basic CSS3 animations.

CSS3 animation is an experimental project showcasing basic CSS3 animation techniques. The project demonstrates how to use CSS3 to create animated effects on web pages. It is designed for developers and designers… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CSS3 animation launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   CSS Animation Cheat Sheet▲232

   Awesome CSS3 plugin for spiffy animations

   2014 · justinaguilar.com · its alternatives →

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   Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations▲172

   2014 · bouncejs.com · its alternatives →

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   CSS3 Animated Glowing Forms▲182

   I remember seeing the Dragon Labs Dragonfish Glowing Form Demo[1] when it first came out, and it always stuck in my head. They implement the effect by using a rather large background image and a mask image and move the background image around via Javascript. I was inspired and wanted to see how close I could get with CSS3. I recommend using a Webkit browser [and you can see an alternate version of the animation on Firefox 4]. [1] http://labs.dragoninteractive.com/panel/demo/

   2011 · kaylarose.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Animated Watch Illustrations with CSS3 and SVG▲41

   I wanted a little project to practice illustration as well as animation on the web. Plus I'm a big fan of watches.

   2013 · wrist.im · its alternatives →

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   Web Gradients▲906

   Curated collection of 180 free fresh background gradients 🚀

   2017 · webgradients.com · its alternatives →

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   CSS Animation 101▲20

   A free ebook introducing CSS animation

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   RoughNotation – create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page▲696

   A small JavaScript library to create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page

   2020 · roughnotation.com · its alternatives →

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   Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine▲283

   A fast, multipurpose and lightweight JavaScript animation library

   2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

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   Webflow 3D Transforms▲318

   Build 3D interactions visually, without writing any code

   2015 · 3d-transforms.webflow.com · its alternatives →

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    A CSS 3D Engine (no WebGL)▲80

    A CSS 3D engine for the DOM. Renders polygon meshes in HTML by leveraging matrix3d transforms. - GitHub - layoutit/polycss: A CSS 3D engine for the DOM. Renders polygon meshes in HTML by leveraging matrix3d transforms.

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CSSFX – Click-to-copy CSS effects▲595

    2019 · cssfx.dev · its alternatives →

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    Animista▲532

    Create beautiful CSS animations in your browser

    2017 · animista.net · its alternatives →

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    Keyframes.app▲160

    A timeline editor for CSS animations

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Anime.js 3.0▲354

    Lightweight JavaScript animation library

    2019 · animejs.com · its alternatives →

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    CSS Wand▲330

    Easy copy-paste beautiful CSS animations

    2019 · csswand.dev · its alternatives →

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    Construct Animate – our new browser-based animation tool▲165

    2023 · construct.net · its alternatives →

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    CSSeffectsSnippets.▲292

    A collection of CSS effects with a click to copy.

    2019 · emilkowalski.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Choreographer-JS, a simple way to handle complicated animations▲39

    A simple library to take care of complex CSS animations.

    2016 · christinecha.github.io · its alternatives →

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    CSS Animate▲5

    Web Tool for easy and fast creating CSS3 keyframes animation

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Create animations by dragging an element with your mouse▲379

    Create animations by dragging your mouse

    2022 · animatize.com · its alternatives →

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    AniCollection▲122

    The easiest way to find, use and share CSS3 animations.

    2015 · anicollection.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Bounce.js▲120

    Create tasty CSS3 powered animations in no time

    2014 · bouncejs.com · its alternatives →

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    Animate css3 and action js▲10

    A modern reveal-on-scroll library with useful options and animations. (Animate Elements On Reveal) - crazychicken/t-scroll

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Animate.css▲191

    Just-add-water CSS animations

    2014 · daneden.github.io · its alternatives →

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